# 1998 Salem Open – Singles

The 1998 Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Hong Kong that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from 6–12 April 1998.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Michael Chang (first round)
* Tommy Haas (first round)
* Thomas Johansson (semifinals)
* Brett Steven (first round)
* Vince Spadea (second round)
* Martin Damm (second round)
* Gianluca Pozzi (quarterfinals)
* Kenneth Carlsen (champion)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Byron Black | 6$^5$ | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | Sébastien Lareau | 7 | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | Sébastien Lareau | 7 | 5 | 6$^4$ | 8 | Kenneth Carlsen | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Byron Black | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Thomas Johansson | 2 | 2 | | | Byron Black | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Kenneth Carlsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | C Vinck | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | M Chang | 4 | 6 | 1 | | C Vinck | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Black | 6$^3$ | 7 | 6 | | B Black | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Dreekmann | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | B Black | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 6$^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | G Pozzi | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | S Pescosolido | 7 | 0 | 1 | | D Prinosil | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | G Pozzi | 7 | 7 | | 7 | G Pozzi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ketola | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | B Black | 6$^5$ | 7 | 7 |
| | S Lareau | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | S Lareau | 7 | 5 | 6$^4$ |
| 4 | B Steven | 4 | 7 | 3 | | S Lareau | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Nestor | 6 | 7 | | | D Nestor | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | B MacPhie | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | S Lareau | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Ó Burrieza | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | Ó Burrieza | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | M Tebbutt | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | Ó Burrieza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Damm | 6 | 7 | | 6 | M Damm | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 4 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | S Stolle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | V Spadea | 1 | 3 | | | S Stolle | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ellwood | 6 | 6 | | | B Ellwood | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Wong | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | S Stolle | 6$^6$ | 5 | | | | |
| | D Wheaton | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | T Johansson | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Boetsch | 5 | 1 | R | | D Wheaton | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | T Johansson | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | 3 | T Johansson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Campbell | 7 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Johansson | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | K Carlsen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | K Carlsen | 6 | 6 |
| | P Nyborg | 5 | 3 | | 8 | K Carlsen | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Grant | 7 | 6 | | | G Grant | 6 | '6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | A O'Brien | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | 8 | K Carlsen | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Motomura | 7 | 0 | 7 | | | | | | | N Godwin | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | R Vašek | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6$^1$ | | G Motomura | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Godwin | 6 | 6 | | | N Godwin | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Haas | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |